dwarfism
/ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/noun
dwarfism is spelled D-W-A-R-F-I-S-M: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dwarfism means “The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dwarfism is dwarfisms.
How many letters and syllables are in dwarfism?
| Letters | 8: D-W-A-R-F-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dwarfism?
Dwarfism appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dwarfism?
- US /ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/
- UK /ˈdwɔːfɪzəm/
Dwarfism has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dwarfism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dwarfism?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dwarfism from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹfɪzəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dwarfism
- dwarfisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dwarfism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
- 2
The quality of being puny or inferior.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dwarfism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being a dwarf:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dwarfism come from?
From dwarf + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).